Abhishek Joshi
Dr, Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Demmed to be University) Sawangi (Meghe) Wardha, Maharashtra, IndiaPublications
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Review Article
2-Deoxy-D-Glucose and COVID-19
Author(s): Rachana Gupta, Lokesh Vaishnav, Shiv Joshi, Abhishek Joshi* and Ashok Mehendale
Viral infections are difficult to treat because of the viruses' complex structure and metabolism. They can also hijack the metabolism of the host cell, mutate and adapt to harsh environmental conditions. SARS-CoV-2, a new coronavirus, has considerably more resistant characteristics, making eradication even more challenging. Following the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), a third highly pathogenic coronavirus, the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged at the end of 2019, causing a pandemic, increased panic and drew worldwide attention. Coronaviruses (CoVs) are a highly diverse family of enveloped positive sense single stranded RNA viruses. Because viruses require substrates and energy from the host for their construction and replication, taking .. Read More»